Boyer, W. S., division inspector, Department of the Interior, Portland,
Öreg.:
Statement of, at Seattle, Wash...
Statement of, at Portland, Oreg..
Moore, J. A., division inspector, Department of the Interior, Salt Lake
City, Utah, regarding the State of Utah's land grants..
Murphy, John T., division inspector, Department of the Interior, Santa Fe,
N. Mex...
INFORMATION AND DATA FURNISHED
Analysis of expenditures by the Indian Service, 11 Western States, for
the fiscal years 1920 to 1924, inclusive, by States and Indian Agencies--
Summary by States and agencies..
Income from Indian reservations for the fiscal years 1920 to 1924, inclu-
sive, by Indian Agencies. - -
List of Indian Reservations, locations, areas, date of establishment, and
authority therefor...
Davis, Charles L., superintendent, Fort Apache Indian Reservation,
1072, 1075, 1079, 1083, 1086, 1088, 1089
Kitch, James B., agent, San Carlos Indian Reservation, San Carlos, Ariz 690
Shipe, H. W., chief, industrial section, Indian Office, Department of the
Interior, Washington, D. C...
Smith, Virgil Dodson, forest ranger, forestry department, Indian Service,
Department of the Interior, Whiteriver, Ariz...
UNITED STATES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Mather, Hon. Stephen T., Director, United States National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.:
Statement of, at Los Angeles, Calif..
Cammerer, Arno B., Assistant Director, National Park Service, Depart-
ment of the Interior, Washington, D. C.:
Statement at Washington, D. C., April 23, 1925.
National parks and monuments administered by the National Park
Service, and their relation to the forest reserves, Federal lands,
and the areas of the States in which they are located..
Policy of letting concession contracts--
Proposed national park extensions_ -
Special committee to study proposed national park extensions--
Statement of "national park policy" by Hon. Hubert Work, Sec-
retary of the Interior..
Relation between the United States Forest Service and the United
States National Park Service - -
INFORMATION AND DATA SUBMITTED
The name of each national park, the date of its establishment, and
the authority therefor...
Appropriations made annually for the maintenance and improve-
ment of each national park from the date of its establishment to
date..
Expenditures in each national park from its establishment to date.
Donations made from its establishment to date, together with the
date thereof, the amount or form thereof, and by whom made____
Receipts derived from operating each of the national parks, by years,
from the establishment thereof to date, classified according to the
source thereof..
Description of methods used in operating public utilities in the na-
tional parks and manner of granting concessions therefor....
Names of the principal concessionaires in each national park, by
years, from its establishment to date, together with the type of
concession given. --
Disposition of revenues collected by the National Park Service..
The number of visitors to each national park, by years, from its
establishment to date..
Number of public employees in each national park from its estab-
lishment to date, classified according to their duties
Bolton, George C., assistant superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park,
United States National Park Service, Grand Canyon, Ariz.
Eakin, J. R., superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, United
States National Park Service, Grand Canyon, Ariz..
Grand Canyon National Park, agreement covering the construction and
operation of a sewage-treatment plant, and use, and effluent recovered
therefrom, at the Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Ariz.- 1526
Scoyen, E. T., chief ranger, Grand Canyon National Park, United States
National Park Service, Grand Canyon, Ariz.
Tillotson, M. R., assistant engineer, Grand Canyon National Park,
United States National Park Service, Grand Canyon, Ariz... 1426, 1475, 1511
Thomson, C. G., superintendent, Crater Lake National Park, United
States National Park Service, Crater Lake, Oreg., written statement
submitted by.
Cattle and horses, by grades (1-40 head, 41-100 head, 101-200 head,
over 200 head)
Sheep and goats, by grades (1-1,000 head, 1,001-2,500 head, 2,501-
4,000 head, over 4,000 head).
National park and monument lands administered by the National Park
Service in relation to national forest lands, all Federal lands, and the
land area of the States in which they are located..
INFORMATION AND DATA SUBMITTED BY THE INDIAN SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
Analysis of expenditures by the Indian Service in the 11 Western States
for the fiscal years 1920 to 1924, inclusive, by States and Indian agencies-
Summary by States and agencies..
Income from Indian reservations for the fiscal years, 1920 to 1924, in-
clusive, by Indian agencies.
Recapitulation of income from Indian reservations_
List of Indian reservations, locations, areas, dates of establishment, and
authority therefor..........
Indian agencies, number of Indians, number of outside stock
Area of vacant public land, pending unperfected entries, national forests
(gross area, area in private ownership, and net area), Indian reserva-
tions, national parks and monuments, by States___.
Summary, by States, of outstanding water resources and agricultural
withdrawals and classifications, December 31, 1924: Power reserves,
reservoir withdrawals, public water withdrawals, stock-raising home-
stead designations, enlarged homestead designations, ground water recla-
mation designations _ _
Summary, by States, of outstanding mineral withdrawals and classifica-
tions, December 31, 1924: Coal, oil, oil shale, phosphate, and potash.-
Number of applications to make homestead entry, by States, from 1920
Number of mineral applications filed, 1920 to 1924.
Number of applications filed under the leasing act of February 25, 1920,
from the passage of the act to June 30, 1924, by land offices and States-
Number of homestead and mineral patents issued, fiscal years 1920 to 1924,
inclusive, by States; original 160-acre homestead act (2289 R. S.); en-
larged 320-acre homestead act of February 19, 1909; reclamation home-
stead act of June 17, 1902; forest homestead act of June 11, 1906;
stock-raising homestead act of December 29, 1916; total homestead
patents issued; mineral patents_-_
Number of unperfected entries on July 1, 1924.
Expenditures of the General Land Office, by years, from 1920 to 1924,
classified in accordance with the purpose of the expenditures
Revenue derived by the General Land Office from public lands-
List of land offices closed April 30, 1925...
Receipts and expenditures of each land office..
Number of filings of all classes in each land office from 1920 to 1924.
Grazing on lands withdrawn for reclamation purposes.
INFORMATION AND DATA SUBMITTED BY THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INFORMATION AND DATA SUBMITTED BY THE UNITED STATES FOREST
SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. (SEE PAGE XXXIV) ––
Cost of running 50 head of cows for one year on the Custer National
Forest, Mont., and land adjacent thereto, submitted by Julian Terrett,
cattleman, Brandenburg, Mont.....
Cost of producing mutton and wool, submitted by E. L. Potter, professor
of animal industry, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oreg
Cost of producing cattle on forest reserve range, submitted by F. L. Phillips,
president, Oregon Horse and Cattle Growers' Association, Baker, Oreg
Cost of producing beef cattle on the national forest ranges in eastern
Oregon, submitted by E. L. Potter, professor of animal husbandry,
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oreg-----
Map and statistics explaining the public land problems in the State of
Idaho.....
Cost of production of lamb and wool on Idaho ranges, submitted by W. R.
Barber, chairman, committee of cost production, Idaho Wool. Growers
Association.__.
Charts and diagrams illustrating the cost of production of lamb and wool
on Idaho ranges.
Miscellaneous statistics of public lands in the State of Colorado.__.
Miscellaneous statistics of public lands in the State of New Mexico-
Statistics regarding untaxable and taxable lands in New Mexico -
Cost of running 2,000 head of sheep in the forest reserve and in the valley,
Madera County, Calif., submitted by H. E. Bigelow, cattle and sheep
man, O'Neill, Čalif....
Brief submitted by the Eastern Nevada Livestock Association-specific
data on grazing costs in the Nevada National Forest and on the ad-
jacent public domain and privately owned grazing lands.......
Four charts illustrating the grazing problem on the national forests in the
State of Nevada..
The Results of a Survey to Determine the Cost of Producing Beef in
California, by R. L. Adams, Agricultural Experiment Station, College
of Agriculture, University of California..........
The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10.30 o'clock a. m., in the committee room, Capitol, Senator Robert M. Stanfield (chairman) presiding.
The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. I will ask the officinal reporter to make a part of the record the resolution under which this subcommittee is sitting:
Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to investigate all matters relating to national forests and to the public domain and their administration, including grazing lands, forest reserves, and other reservations and lands withdrawn from entry. For the purpose of this resolution such committee or subcommittee is authorized to hold hearings and to sit and act at such places and times; to employ such experts and clerical, stenographic, and other assistants; to require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents; to administer such oaths and to take such testimony and make such expenditures as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic service to report such bearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of such committee or subcommittee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate. The committee or subcommittee shall make a final report to the Senate as to its findings at the beginning of the first regular session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, together with recommendations for such legislation
The CHAIRMAN. Furthermore, I have prepared a statement as to purposes of this subcommittee:
The provisions of Senate resolution 347 place no limit upon the matters relating to the public domain and the national forests. The Scope of investigations by the Committee on Public Lands into committee has power to investigate, and to recommend legislation in connection with, any or all phases of the utilization or disposition of the lands themselves, the forage growing thereon, and the timber, mineral, or other resources in or upon these areas.
The unreserved and unappropriated public domain now consists of 185,933,272 acres. The present area of the national forests is 136,652,805 acres. The percentage which these lands bear to the areas of the States in which they are located is shown on Table I attached to this statement.
the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, NeThe public domain and national forest lands are located chiefly in vada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. A
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